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MACON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1880
VOLUME‘NO—LV
ms HONOR AND BIJAH.
His Honor came in with stately tread,
And this to Bijah he straightway said:
“Old man, how long is the list to-day,
Of men and women you’ve locked away?”
And Bijah answered, with a look benign:
“I’ve counted up and the count is nine.”
“The world is wicked,” his Honor sighed,
"And crime floats on with even tide.”
And Bijah he heaved a bigger sigh,
And softly said he didn’t deny
That drunks and rows were getting to be
Every-day sights for folks to see.
And family fights they did increase,
To help disturb the public peace,
While robbers had become so bold
That day-light raids were nothing old.
If things kept pn ho didn’t know
Where on earth the world would go.
—[Detroit Free Frees.
TOSSED ON THE BILLOWS OF
FATE.
BV SPRING LEAVES.
Written for this paper.]
CHAPTER VIII.
Being left alone, Eugenie walked about
the enclosure a while, then rested against
the trunk of a tree. She had stood in
this position only a short time, watching
the flow ’bf the water below, when she
heard footsteps apprachi'.’: the step was
too heavy and decided.lor her friend’s,
and she knew intuitively whose it could
only be.
She drew herself up proudly, to her
full height, but neither turned or took
any note of his coming.
“All alone, my beautiful Eunice,’’ ob
served the intruder, taking bis place by
her side.
Her eyes were fixed on the scene below,
and she stood as silent as the grave.
“Will you not deign to give me one
sweet smile of welcome?” he continued
with the same audacity; but she stood si
lent, only the rich blood mounted to her
face, showed that she heard.
“I have a present for you,” he added
persistently, *‘I am sura you will not be
angry now,” and with this he took a mo
rocco case from an inner pocket, and
from this a diamond necklace,, which lie
clasped around her neck before she was
aware of bis object.
She uttered one faint scream of horror,
then tore the necklace from her neck and
dashed it at his feet.
“Why do you persist in persecuting me
thus,” she said, her dark eyes flashing in
dignation and wrath in the face of Lionel
Dently. “Is it not enough that you have
taken me from my friends and imprisoned
me in this hated place?”
“Ah, Euuice,” he answered with mock
gravity, I am sorry to see you still rebel-
ious; however, time shall be given you to
overcome your foolish scruples; yet you
know,” he continued,.in a tone of injured
affection, “you are to be iny peerless
bride. This shall be our kingdom where
we shall know naught of the selfish world,
and you will be my own fair queen.”
“I tell you again, vile monster,” she de
clared, “the most horrible death that
fiends like you could invent would be
preferable to life under those circum
stances; and though I suffer this, or more
than this, I row that I will nccer marry
you, and there is no power In earth, sea or
sky that shall make me recall that vow.”
Ah, how those great eyes spoke their
just anger; Edith Dombey could never
have excelled that exhibition of haughty,
indignant pride.
With a contemptuous toss of her head
ehe turned and walked toward the house;
but Lionel Dently kept provokingly near
her side. However, when they entered
the door she sprang to the stairs and as
cended as quickly as one to whom illness
was unknown, and sought her apartments,
thereby ridding herself of his hated pres
ence.
Here she remained day after day, posi
tively refusing all petitions to leave her
room. Each day Dently requested her
presence below, but to no purpose. He
would then send notes up to her, which
she would carelessly toss in the fire un
opened.
She knew that her persecutor would not
bear this always, and would before long
use other means than persuasion to bring
her under subjection, but she continued
to hope that Baban would come to her re
lief before be became thus angered, and
she was rewarded several weeks after
the interview in the garden with the in
telligence that the servant had escaped;
bat that master and servants were search
ing the country for bis arrest.
How earnestly did she pray that God
would speed him on, out of reach of the
enemy.
Mis. Hague bad not spent so much
time with Eugenie since her husband’s re
turn, but to-day she spent with her, unit
ing her prayers with here for the safe arri
val of the hunted servant to his master.
She, with difficulty, persuaded Eugenie
to leave her room a short while, late in
the afternoon, before the return of the
searching party was expected.
The cold confined them to the house, so
Clara Hague led her to the parlor where
she had seen the odions painting. This
time slie entered, hut went up to the man
tel, and, standing on a chair, threw a
shawl over the picture to conceal it en
tirely, then tnrned to survey the roam
more closely.
A piano was the first thing that attract-
«d her, and crossing the room, she seated
herself at the instrument and began play
ing “Home Sweet Home.” So thoroughly
did she feel the sweet, pathetic strains
that her fingers seemed vested with the
power of telling the sad, mournful story
of her heart.
When the echo of the last note had
died away, she drooped her head on an
arm she rested on the instrument, and one
low, deep mourn told how deep was her
fueling.
Mrs. Hague, who Jiad taken a seat by
her side, now'drew closer, and passed her
Arm around toe (drooped form, to remind
Eugenie of her sympathy, and yet-rhow
frail a support in hours of such trials;
though comforting, how helpless.
The mourning girl suddenly sank on
her knees by her friend's side; and, clasp
ing her baud in anguish, raised her beau
tiful, tearful eyes heavenward, and im
plored God with the fervor of an agonized
heart, in beseeching, piteous strans that
He would verify His word in being a
•‘Father to the fatherless;” that He would
shield her from danger and bring lier
tawfly Km 80»f <aa w n
Scarcely had she ceased speaking and
rested in her friend’s embrace, when'a
•noise was heard outside, apd.ln an install?
the ; door wu thrown rwdely open' aad
Lionel Deotir mriljed fo like a maflpiap,
followed by his fbttbw-tjenspltator, Robert
Hague, rrTTTia
One moment they stood and gazed with
burning, fiery eyes on the kneeling flguije,
-which moved not, then Dently went to
her and raising her roughiv, exclaimed
with a voice of terror:
“Girl! do yon think I will always put
up with your foolishness?' I tell you the
hour lias come when resistance will be
useless; this very night you shall answer
to the ceremony that will make you my
wife; do you hear? * ■- ,
Every trace of her recent sadness hfid
. i :
disappeared, and she stood as prondly de
fiant .as if a host of friends were present
to defend her from this drunken demon,
and he saw tliqt she did not tremble.
“You understand that you are to give
no trouble on this occasion,” he said, liis
voice still raised and his eyes like balls of
fire.
“I have sent a messenger for the clergy
man to come to this house, churches are
a farce; and he is to unite us to-night.”
The poor girl, though she tried to ap'
pear untouched, trembled; for the truth
was plain. He feared that the servant
would reach bis master, and she be res-
cued, so determined to force an immedi
ate marriage. t , ir
“That is right,” lie added, smiling ma
liciously, and pretending not to notice her
look of resolute resistance, “be a good
girl, and
“I’ll be your own loving husband forever,
And you’ll be forevermy own loving wife.”
A coarse, loud laugh of approval *from
Hague, completed the work of rage in
-Eugenie’s heart.
“Do you think I fear you, fiend ?” she
exclaimed indignantly. “I have told you
that I will not marry you, and you cannot
force me.”
“Cant’tl?” he said, with a triumphant
grin as he drew something from his pocket
that almost froze her blood. “That can
work wonders,” he said, holding out a re
volver for inspection, “if neither persua
sion nor harsh words will do, I will call
on this to help me.
“Do you imagine such threats can
frighten or move me ?” she asked, draw
ing herself up proudly and scornfully, al
though she did not feel the Indifference
she manifested.
“Very well, we will test its power
when the time comes,” he replied coolly,
laying the pistol on the table instead of
returning it to his pocket.
Engenie curled her lip in disdain, and,
tossing her head defiantly, turned toward
the door, hoping to escape to her room,
but Lionel Dently’s great form inter
cepted.
“Robert,” he said to Hague, “you and
your wife may leave us until the clergy
man arrives.”
Clara Hague arose and followed her
husband from the room, with a look of
compassion toward Eugenie, who sank in
a chair and buried her face iu her hands.
She heard him turn the key in the door
and go to the table and light a lamp; for it
had grown dark, and replenish the fire on
the hearth, then take his seat. Both
were still; she listening for his slightest
movements, which came not; when sud
denly he began breathing so loud and reg
ularly the fair prisoner looked up to see
what change bad come over him, and
found that he slept, reclining on a sofa
near the fire.
How quick and loud her heart beat
with the hope that this might afford an
opportunity to escape from "the room, and
perhaps the house.
Softly she crept towards the door, sep-
leg the key was in its place. As she pass
ed the table the pistol caught her eye,
and she involuntarily grasped it.
She passed out of the door and locked
it on the outside, then slipped the key
from the lock. Noiselessly she glided
door was reached, and there she also
found the key, (the expected coming of
the clergyman accounts for its being
there.) She opened it, and stepped out
side, then locked this one also, that the
enemy might be detained should he dis
cover her flight.
At headlong speed she ran down the
broad drive, which seemed to the delicate
girl to have no end; however, a light soon
appeared among the trees which suggested
the porter’s cottage.
On she went until she reached a laige
iron gate that would defy a regiment of
soldiers. This obstacle must be overcome,
and quickly; for already the enemy might
be awakened.
One moment she stood trying to calm
her wildly beating heart; then called
loudly for the porter. He came, and she
commanded him to open the gate, which
he seemed in no hurry to do; for he came
a little nearer, holding tip the lantern he
bore in his haud and peering into her
face.
Before he could speak she pointed the
weapon at lilm, with a trembling hand,
and again commanded him to open the
gate immediately or she would fire.
She could see that he feared the glitter
ing weapon, and moved toward the gate,
then looked in the direction of the house.
She believed that he knew she was his
master’s captive, and intense fear was
written on every line of his countenance.
He feared the deadly weapon, and trem
bled at the thought of his master’s anger.
He placed the key in the lock, and
again looked hack; but, after some delay,
the gate was thrown open just in time for
several horsemen to enter.
Eugenie’s first appalling thought was
that the clergyman had arrived with the
servants just in time to prevent her escape.
Just at the same time a bevy of loud
and continued shouts in the direction of
the house confirmed her terrible appre
hension, and in utter despair she fell
fainting to the ground.
CHAPTER IX.
Eugenie's first consciousness, as the
cool night winds revived her, was that
she was folded very tenderly by strong
arms. She felt a warm, passionate kis3
on her forehead, and opened her eyes to
see Ernest Raban looking in her face with
loving anxiety.
In that moment of blessed joy she could
scarely be held accountable lor her ac
tions, even though she clasped her arms
around liis neck, and clung to him with
loving gratitude.
How she blessed him for saving her;
for she knew she was now safe from the
doom that threatened.
At this moment a carriage was driven
up, and he lifted his fair, delicate treasure
into it, and together they passed out at the
gate and left the prison behind.
Eugenie learned that Raban had traced
Dently to Hayden, a small town that was
very near, and to which they were going,
as “Vituroy.”
He could loam nothing of him at Hay
den, save that he was a wild, dissipated
man, whose gales were closed upon the
world, and none knew aught of what
transpired within.
He had summoned the officers of the
law, and'gorie immediately to the castle;
for, feeling confident of finding her there,
lie would no{. delay till morning; that,
iust as they entered the gate Dently add
Hague came running tbwards them, as he
learned, to prevent her escape, whom the
porter pointed out lyingonthe ground un
conscious.
Ho told how difficult he had found it to
resist the temptation to rush upon Dently
and take his life; and yet forbore, with
the knowledge that he would receive his
reward; for already he had been hurried
off to prison with his accomplice.
She told him all the particulars of her
sojourn at the gloomy castle up to the
moment of his arrival. •
While'he condemned Dently’s rascality
in the bitterest hatred, he applauded her
dauntless courage.' ,"',11.1
Once more they rejoiced in a happy
reunion, after a separation attended with
such trying circumstances, such heart
aches and suffering.
The drive was short, and they soon
stopped at the entrance to the Hayden ho
tel, and Eugenie, being fatigued after the
excitement of the evening, went immedi
ately to her room and retired Cor the
night.
The sun was high in the .heavens on
the following morning when she awoke
and recalled all the joyful and yet terrible
proceedings of the day before. To be
sure it was' not a dream or imagination
she sprang from the bed and began dress
ing herself.
She had scarcely arisen when the door
opr-net! and a servant entered with a deli
cate, tempting breakfast and a' message
from Raban, that she would rest for the
day, or longer if she desired, before be
ginning the journey to London, and that
if he could do anything that would add to
her comfort or happiness, in the mean
time, she must not hesitate to call on
him.
On questioning the bearer of this mess
age slie learned that her imprisonment
and release, and Dently’s arrest had cre
ated quite an excitement in the little
town, and, therefore, thought it better to
remain in her room than be seen at such
a time.
! She did not forget her friend, Clara
Hague, and determined to make an effort
to prove her remembrance, so sent Raban
a note reminding him of all her kindness
when she most needed a friend, and de
sired that he would send for her to come
to them; which he did without delay, and
before the morning was spent Mrs. Hague
was seated by Eugenie’s side, drinking in
the words of consolation that were poured
into her car by one who was not a stran
ger to grief and blight.
~ She decided to .return to-her father’s
home in London, and accompanied Eu
genie and Raban on the following day,
the close of which found them all at their
destination. Clara Hague was receive3
with open arms by the l'oigiving parent,
and Eugenie with tears of joy by Mrs,
Feltou,
They found the servant at home, truly
repentant for his part in the calamity
that caused so much anguish.
Eugenie’s health returned with her hap
piness, and the wedding day was fixed at
an early date.
Her kind friend, Mrs. Garnet, had never
been forgotten, or her memory neglected.
She had never ceased to lament Eu
genic’s loss, and now begged that she
would come to her, which she did; 'but
only a few weeks elapsed before Ernest
Raban came and claimed his bride—his
pure, true and loving bride.
She who had had so stormy a life, who
had been tossed on the billows of fate,
now found a haven of rest and happiness
in the noble love and protection of a brave
heart.
Soon the trial of Dently, alias “Vitu
roy,” demanded their presence in Ameri
ca^ whither the prisoner had been convey
ed.
Many sad thoughts were revived in Eu
genie’s mind by the voyage and the sight
of the sea, her'father’s grave.
The trial took place and the evidence
was so unmistakable that Dently and bis
accomplice, Hague, though they had
crossed the Atlantic to carry on their
work of robbery, were convicted and sent
for the remainder of their lives to Sing-
Sing.
They had deposited the large amounts
of money they had appropriated in differ-,
ent English banks under assumed names;
so when they returned to England, an
along the dark -passage until- 4h%ifcMrf -nuesrpeeBHl-stxty thonsand.dollans await*-
Hnnr u’fia anil t.liorp. slift AKft . ■ . 1 *
THE LOAN OF A GRIDIRON.
A11 old but Interesting Tale Retold —
“Parly Too FrongsayT”
“Well, sir, with that, tliroth they stared
at me twice worse nor eveV—and, faith, I
began to think that maybe the Captain
was wrong, and that it was not France at
all at all; and so says I, T beg pardon,
sir,’ says I, to a fine old man, with a head
of hair as white as silver; ‘maybe I’m
under a mistake,’ says I; ‘but I thoughtT
was iu France, sir; aren’t you furriners?'
says I—Farly roofrongsayV’
“We, munseer,” says be. -
“ ‘Then would you lind me the loan of
a gridiron,’ says I, ‘if. you please?’
“Oh, it was thin that they stared at me
as if I had seven heads; and, faith, myself
began to feel flostliered like and onaisy—
and so says I, makin’ a bow and scrape
agin, ‘I know it’s a liberty I take, sir,’
says I, ‘but it’s only in tlic regard of bein’
cast away; and If you plase, sir,’ says I,
'Parly roofrongsayV
“ ‘We, munseer,’ says lie, mighty sharp.
•‘ ‘Then would you lind me the loan of
a gridiron,’ says I, ‘and you’ll oblcege
me.’
“Well, sir,. the ould. chap began to
munseer me; but the divil a bit of a grid
iron he’d gi’ me; aud so I began to. think
they wor all neygars, for all their fine
manners; and troth my blood begun to
rise, and says I, “Be me sowl if it was
you was iu distbriss, says I,’ and if it was
to ould Ireland you’d kem, its not only
the gridiron thoy’d give you, if axed it,
but something to put an it, too, and the
dhrop o’ dhring into the bargain, and ccad
mile failte
‘•Well, the word cead mile failte seemed
to sthreck liis heart, and the old chap
cocked his ear, and so I thought I’d give
give him another offer, and make him sin-
sible at last; and so says I, waust more,
quite slow, that he might understand-
Parly —roo—frongsay, munseer?'
“ ‘We, munseer,’ says he.
«‘Then lind me the loan of a gridiron*’
says I, ‘and had scram to you.’
“Well, bad win to the bit of it he’d gi’
me, and the old chap begins blowin*'and
scrapin’ and said something or other about
a long tongs.
“‘Pliool—the divil sweep ycurself and
your tongs, at all, at all; but can’t you lis
ten to raison ? f says I —parly voo frong*j
sayV’ in: 1
“ ‘We, munseer.’
“ ‘Then lind me loan of a gridiron,’ says
I, ‘and howld your prate.’
“Well, what would you think hut he
shook his owld noddle as much ai to s»y
he wouldn't, and so says I: ‘Bad ccss to
the likes o’ that I ever seen—troth, if you
wor in my couiithry, it’s not that a way
they’d use you; the curse of the crows oh
you, you owld sinner,’ says I, ‘the divil a
longer I’ll darken your door.’
“So he seen I was vex’d, ail'd I thought,
as I was turnin’ away, I seen him begin
to relint, and that liis conscience throw*
bled him; and, says 1 turnin’ back, ‘Well,
I’ll give you one chance more—you owld
thief—arc you a Chrislithen at all?.are
you a furriiier?’ says I, ‘that all the World
calls so p’lite ? Bad luck to you, do you
undherstaud your own language—parly
T-'-zr
you lind me the loan of a gridiron?’
“Well, sir, the devil resave the ljit of it
he’d gi’ me—aud so with that, ‘curse o’
the hungry on yon, you ould uegarly vil
lain,’ says 1; ‘the back o’ my hand and
the sowl o’ my fut to yon, that you may
want a gridiron yourself yit,’ says I; ‘and
wherever I go, high or low, rieh and poor,
shall hear o’ you,’ says I; and with that I
left them there, sir, and kem away—and
in troth it’s often sense that I thought that
it was remarkable.”
ed them.
Eugenie learned that Mrs. Dently had
had died instantly of heart disease on
hearing of her son’s arrest; and that little
Daisie was.well provided for by ah uncle
of some standing in France.
Now it was their delight to roam
through the beautiful panorama of earth
ly glories and love iu the pure, blissful,
unalloyed happiness that God had given
them.
,1 ».
The Duke of Argyll on Fish.
In foreign towns the market-places are
always interesting. At Munich the show
of fresh-water fish was. curious. Very
large carp and tench, with eels, and all
the species which go under the name, of
white fish,” were kept alive *n tubs, aiid
sold whole, or in slices, by weight. The
hinder legs of frogs, nailed upon triangles
of wood, were in great profusion. A large
species of snail {Helix,) with the aperture
closed apparently by a sort of operculum
of clay, seemed to bo a well recognized
article of human food. It is, indeed, im
possible not to be struck hy the number
and variety of alimentary substances
which are used on the continent, but
which prejudice, aud ignorance, or
thoughtlessness, prevent the people of our
own country from consuming. Carp and
tench are easily bred and multiplied in
ponds, and are a very nutritious article of
diet.
Frogs’ legs are much used, not only over
the whole of the south of Europe but over
the United States. In New York they are
among the established dishes of the break
fast table. Fungi of various kinds are
abundant in all the foreign marketplaces,
but with the exception of mushrooms are
never seen in our own. The produce of
our seas is not utilized as it ought to be,
and unaccountable prejudices preventsome
excellent fish from being used at all. On
the western coast of Scotland the skate is
regarded with aversion by a great part of
the population, and eels are never spoken
of except with disgust; yet they are both
excellent food, and eels might be bred to
almost any extent if they were readily
marketable. They are exported iu im
mense niimbefs from the marshes and la
goons of the Adriatic, and barrels of them
salted are exposed in every market place
in the towns of Italy.
The ova of the sea-urcliin are eaten all
along the shores of the Mediterranean,
and the various kinds of cuttle-fish are
universally used as food. Seeing a little
squid taken from a net some years ago at
Mentone, I asked one of the fishermen
whether it was good to eat ? “Ecco 1” was
his reply; and suiting the action to the
word, he popped the poor squid alive into
his mouth, and the beautiful eyes of tho
little cuttle were seen gleaming with an
imploring look from the closing cavern o’
the Italian’s jaws. This is rather an ex
treme case; but when well cooked with,
vegetables the gristly substance of the
cuttles is a wholesome and excellent arti
cle of food. In our seas, however, they
are never caught in sufficient numbers to
supply the markets as they do on tho
shores of the Mediterranean.—Contempo
rary Review. • ...
Utilizing the Russian Army.—A
great plague of locusts having invaded
the Caucasus, the Russian army there has
been sent into the field to make war upon
and destroy them. In the Zalialal district
fifty officers are in charge of the opera
tions against the common eDemy. In the
Adjeaklioor district Colonel Seraflmofi'hcs
deployed a column of 3,000 men to op
pose the invaders. In Nukkim the war
is carried on by 700 peasants armed with
brooms. In Dagkesaman 5,000 men are
fighting the locusts, which are found here
almost in a solid mass, overspreading a
space of 325 square miles. They destroy
180,000 pounds of locusts a day, and have
already slain nearly 4,000 tons without
making much impression on the countless
swarms. Some of these locusts, it is said,'
have appeared In the Volga and others in
the grain fields of Reazar, In Central Rus
sia, causing great alarm.
A Wisconsin theorist says that hay
will satisfy hunger. There may he some
thing in this, for a couple of straws will
frequently satisfy thirst.
—Italy imported, during the first six „ M
montlis of this year, 250,000 tons . of i Union with the firm of Beese <fc Daw
cereals of all kinds. ’son, nor was ever.,indebted to them 4i
x iiiKic MMSSMilJUtS fail -til s’ lIWlVOHiaTMOU * tH/IHII 1
Got. Colquitt Speaks.
In justice to Georgia’s chief magistrate,
we print the following letter addressed hy
Governor Colquitt to a committee:
July 10, 1SS0.
General William Phillips, Colonel T.
J. Smith, Hon. Jf. C. Fulton, Commit-
fee—Gentlemen: While constantly oc
cupied I am ready at any time to comply
with your request, and to make out the
account with the Direct' Trade Union. As
yon will remember afreport of a former
committee was read at the last meeting _ a
few weeks ago, on the day your commit
tee was appointed, which showed a com
plete examination of my accounts with
the Direct Trade Union, and a settlement
up to the date of tlie close of my active
connection with the union. The commit
tee of directors of the D irect Trade Un
ion, oh making their report after a care
ful and thorough investigation of all mon
eys received and expended by me, not
only declared my accounts correct, bkt
went further anil employed ' strong lan
guage of approval of my entire adminis
tration as president and treasurer of the
union.
Such was my confidence then in the in
tegrity aud fair dealing of the secretary,
E. T. Paine, that I turned over to his cus
tody all of my Trade Union papers, even
my bank books. Your committee can
readily perceive from his vicious and
slanderous attacks published in one of the
city papers, whatl may look for in getting
these papers and hooks back again, even
should I ever get them at all. And you
can also imagine the base purpose of tins
assailant, who seeks the arbitrament of a
committee, and then anticipates not only
the decision but the examination of his
own tribunal in violation of every dictate
of respect to the committee, and of every
consideration of decency and justice. The
baseness is palpable of this attempt to in
ject into the public mind the poison of a
vile slander in the midst of a heated po
litical contest.
I must therefore request of your com
mittee to get these papers and books, If to
be had, from E. T. Faine, examine them
yourselves and then allow me to liavS*
them and make my statement. I further
ask that you will see Capt. Ketner, maua-
ger of the Direct Trade Union, and Mr.
Dawson, agent of the union, who are gen
tlemen of integrity, and get a statement
of their accounts. Yon will then havo
the whole matter before you, and after a
close sifting, thorough investigation, jT
urge upon your committee to make a
prompt report of the truth as you shall
find it. So many arc ever ready to believe
evil without proof, and so many otherwise
jood men will give countenance to false
hood for political purposes, that there can
not be too swift a settlement of such
groundless and hurtful accusations sis
these. It has been bilt a few days since the 1
publication of this slander in. advance
of ere.n an examination of the committee
appointed to report upon it, and yet I have'
intelligence that a . dozen different coun
ties in different parts of the State, where
selections of gubernatorial delegates are
to he made soon, have been flooded with
copies of the paper containing the slander.
Could the object ot the. calumny he more
conclusively shown?
Yonr characters are sufficient guaran
tee to the country that you will do yoiic
whole duty in the matter, and I have no
fears as to a just result at your hands..
I am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, A. H. Colquitt.
The following are the responses, res-
pectively, r of Messrs. Dawson and Ketner:
Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—H. G. Town
send, Jiainbridge, Ga.: Colquitt never had
any dealings as president of Direct Trade
that capacity. He bought a large quantity
of bacon on his individual account and
paid for it in full.
Alex. Dawson,
. , Of firm of Reese & Dawson.
Atlanta, Ga., July 17,1SS0.—H. G.
Townsend, Bainbridge, Ga.: I know of no
wrong in any of Governor Colquitt’s
transactions with the Direct Trade Union.
J. H. Ketner.
Silk Culture.
The Montgomery Advertiser is gratified
to learn from exchanges that already .sys
tematic and intelligent effort is being
displayed in the line of silk culture in this
country. Parties in North Carolina have
foi&d it sufficiently profitable, even with
present drawbacks, to raise silk-worms,
and ship the cocoons to France. One gen
tleman in Raleigh lias shipped two bales
to Marseilles, each containing over one
hundred pounds of choked cocoons. These
have been sold at Marseilles for over SO
per kilogram (not quite two and one-
quarter pounds), and the freight from
Raleigh to 'Marseilles did not exceed $3
per hundred weight. The cocoons were
raised by the children of the family, and
aside from the silk product there were pro
duced a number of eggs, for which there is
now a ready market abroad at from $3.50
to $4 per ounce.
1 Several other persons in different parts
of the country have also reared sufficient
quantities of tlie cocoons to warrant New
York brokers in offering from $1.50 to $2
per pound for the same. When parties
find it profitable to raise silk under these
adverse circumstances, there can be no
question as to the growth of the industry
whenever a home market is furnished for
the raw material, and that when it shall
have been demonstrated that there can be
offered and paid for cocoons some stated
sum that will yet allow a fair profit on
the rcelimr, the industry will be fairly es
tablished,"and private capital will not be
wanting to'seek profitable investment
therein.
There can he no question of tlie adap
tation of the larger part of the country to
silk culture or of our ability to grow the
worms successfully. Experience lias es
tablished these two facts, as it has the su
perior quality of American grown si'k. It
is not so necessary to urge the cultivation
of the mulberry as it is to establish first a
maiket fur tlie cocoons. In some parts of
the South the best of white mulbeiries
arc already grown in large orchards for
the sake of tho fruit, which is deemed
most valuable food for hogs, and in case
the mulberry trees already grown should
at any time be cut off hy mildew and dis
ease, as they were at the close of the mul-
tlcaulis fever in 1839 and 1840, wc have
the advantage over Europe and other
countries in being able to fall back upon
the malcura, or osage orauge, which
proves, when judiciously fed, to be as
good as mulberry.
£ Brazilian Movement.
A permanent exhibition of American
.machinery,, merchandise and manufac-
J> <wi11 lures is to be established at Kio de Janei
ro, under the auspices of the son-in-law
of the emperor, Count D’Eu, who will act
as president, and a body of responsible
aud wealthy directors, among them the
Viscount de Rio Braveo, a member of tlie
Imperial Senate. Stock to the amount of
$500,000 has been taken, with which to
erect suitable buildiug3, aud the whole
amount to be issued will reach $5,000,000.
Mr. J. C. Kip Hopper, one of the directors,
who has just arrived at Philadelphia, says
the exhibition will consist “of everything
of American manufacture adapted, to the
wants of the country, and particularly dry
roods, machinery, etc. It will cost ex
hibitors nothing to ship goods, as vessels
will leave New York and Boston upon
which they will he carried free. The
freight oil goods sent from the interior to
the vessel’s side, of course, must be borne
by the exhibitor, which will be added to
the cost of the articles and collected and
remitted by' the society when they are
sold, with a deduction of- five per cent,
commission.. I am in hopes that, there is
sufficient pride in Philadelphia manufac
turers to induce them to furnish enough
exhibits to * fill a vessel by themselves,
and in that case I will charter a vessel ex
pressly for them.
“Tlie advantages are almost incalcula
ble. Heretofore the effort to introduce
American goods to Brazil has beon by
means of young men' from this country
who did not understand the language and
soon got tired and homesick. Now in this
case the agents of tlie American manufac
turers are the highest nobles of the land,
who take all the trouble and expense off
their hands. Besides the sale of the goods
there are opportunities for us to secure
some of the valuable concessions hereto
fore granted to European;. Two have al
ready been placed here; one of them for
material for gas purposes has been secured
by New York capitalists and the other, a
valuable concession for mining gold, has
. I’.st arrived by the last steamer from Para.
The exhibition will give our manufactu
rers tlie chance, also, of recovering the
balance of trade against them, amounting
to $40,000,000 every year.”
The project is to go into effect immedi
ately.
An Insane Patient Fasts Thirty-five
Days end Fourteen Honrs.
The Philadelphia Times has unearthed
a case which threatens to eclipse the
starving feat of Dr. Tanner It was that
of one Thomas Whittaker Wiggins, alias
Jesus Christ, and occurred in September
1858. The facts, a3 related by Dr. David
D. Richardson, who was the physician iu
charge of the insane of the Blockley alms
house, are as follows:
Wiggins had been in the institution sev
eral years, and said he had fasted several*
times for two or three weeks before he T
came here. Dr. Robert T. Smith was here
at the time aud Wiggins began to fast for
forty days and nights. He said ft was his
duty and he could doit.
unexpected profanity.
“I reported the matter to Dr. Smith,
who was opposed to using the force ne
cessary to compel him to eat, so ho said:
‘Let him try; it will be a hard matter to
prevent it, and you may persuade him to
eat.’ The first seven days he existed on a
small bottle of porter, and taking a few
swallows of water, according to his thirst.
There was no system in his abstinence.
The porter was nourishing, and he fan
cied as much, for he said: ‘That strength
ens me; I think ft is food and decline to
take it any longer.’ From that moment
lie confined himself exclusively to water,
which seemed to sustain him. Ha went
along in this way for thirty-five days, four
teen hours aud thirty-five minutes, and
then sent for me. When I went to him
he said: ‘ it, give me a whole
confectionery shop 1” As I said, he im
agined he wa3 Christ, had been a most
exemplary Christian, and had never been
known to swear before.
“Theu I began the effort to restore him.
I began with eight ounces of milk punch.
He took a few swallows, but it appeared
to nauseate him,.And he vomited. I tried
concentrated essence of beef next, with
the same effect. Then egg-nogg, but his
stomach refused to retain that. also. TVe
always treat cases of this kind with con
centrated food, and I continued the three
agents, but they were constantly rejected
immediately after being administered.
He lived for forty-eight hours longer aud
then went off in sheer exhaustion. Our
efforts to save him were futile.
WIGGINS’ CONDITION.
“I cannot give you specific information
as to his condition during the fast. We
made no scientific examinations, as our
main object wa3 to save his life and to
rob a lunatic of a delusion. His pulse was,
as iu cases of consumption where there
is a growth of tubercles, growing weaker,
aud his condition, although not healthy,
was normal. He did not appear to sleep
during the day, but rested well at night
and made no complaint. He was pleas
ant, never stubborn, and was intellectual
and filled with a religious ardor, although
not an enthusiast. He could not be tempt
ed to eat. The most tempting dishes were
constantly set before him, and even dur
ing the night the watchman, in making
his rounds every hour, tried to induce him
to eat, but without success. Could he eat
without being observed? No, sir; the
watches were such that he could not'eat
without being seen. There is no doubt
that he fasted all the time. -We would
have seen him eat. He constantly held
that he was Christ, and could prove it by
fasting forty days.
“At death he was very much emaciated,
and, to use an ordinary expression, was
“nothing but skin and bones.” Before he
began 1 suppose he weighed about 189
pounds; he was six feet two inches tall
and well built. At his death I don’t sup-'
pose lie weighed much over 100 pounds.
I held a post-mortem on liis body and
found that all of the vital organs were
very much diminished. The heart, which
in a man of his size slinnld have weighed
twelve ounces, weighed six; the stomach
was but one-third the normal size and
bloodless,-and in the light.lung there was
a tuberculous cavity considerably larger
than a goose egg, of several months’
standing, about three inches from
the collar-bone. There were also
tubercles scattered through . the left
lung. We could see that he was gradu
ally losing flesh from the start. There is
not the least doubt that if he had not been
diseased he would have succeeded in his
task. We did not notice the various
changes, but were trying' to get him to
live. Everybody was kindly disposed to
him and did' not want violence used. Dr.
Smith hoped that he would desist and eat.
If he had not fasted it was only a ques
tion of a few months when he would have
died. The cavity in the lungs was grow
ing gradually, and he would probably
have lived a half or three-quarters of a
year under ordinary circumstances, al
though he might have died in two or three
mouths.”
Trout Fishing at Night.
One evening in June, when seated ny
the fireside of the Weldon Bridge, Charlfe
an-l I fell into a discussion about night
fishing with worm for trout in warm
weather, and we agreed that it would he
well to give it a trial and ascertain how
far our views were correct. “Well, then,”
said I, “no time like the present.” But
Charlie was too comfortable and too
sleepy to respond to my summons.
So preparing my rod and line,- off I
started to a stream, about half a mile
ijpwn the river. The night was very dark,
and I found my way with difficulty. Ar
riving at the intended spot, I waded across
— 1 a somewhat deep stream to reach one
Gen. BEAUREGAnD’s Denial—Ac- still deeper near to the further batik,
cording to the New Orleans Picayune, Standing in the water, I placed a lively
Gen. Beauregard declares there is no truth bob on the hook and cast my line up the
in the Cincinnati Commercial'sslory from stream; the worm scarcely touched the
Toledo, Ohio, that he once accepted au 1 water when I felt a tug-and succeeded in
invitation to dine with Gen. Hancock only drawing a large trout toward me. Hav-
on condition that “those flags” should be ing basketed this I throw again with tho
removed. He says: “As to" my ever re- same result, and • now astonishment
fusing to sit at a table where old friends awaited me. There was not a breath of
were to meet once more to shake hands wind, the water was flowing gently, aud
over the table, ft is simply absurd. I- caused but little sound, when, all at once,
never warred against the ‘old flag,’ But my ears were assailed by such a tumult
fought for the puneiple; that is, to defend, of fish spattering and splashing as I never
as we firmly belieyed, ourthreatened con- ' had before heard; the river seemed alive
stitutional rights. That old flag Delonged with large fish. My heart beat, for there
as much to us as to the North; indeed, seented something uncanny in the affair;
more-’so, for the immortal ‘Star Spangled still I persevered, aud succeeded in secur-
Banneri was the song ,of a Southern poet ing four more fish.
and patriot.. When we appealed to aims ‘ Suddenly all was still; not a fish was
we had to abide by Uieir. decision, which p ean j j 0 JUO ve, and not, another' bite was
we have constantly done, notwithstanding to be had. I could neither see nor hear
the provocation of the abominable recon- anything to account for tlie sudden
itranUAn lau’c wnion nitvp /iicannninton • L- j» J5# jjjy
we
_ wuiaftTOIU . rv , - r ,-- — The
after tlie war, who advocated quiet and unpleasantness of angling with worms in
peaceful submission to its • consequnces, the dark is so great that I have never
advising our people to turu.their attention tr j ed tll0 experiment again, bat of its suo-
to rebuilding their homes and-tothficultl- cess there can be no doubt.
vation of our fertile soil, feeling confident _ . .
that sooner or later the South would regain '
its influence in the government of the Black Forest, Mft Heriderton ^rftes,, >
country. Should any part of tlie North atrangefancy to^suchstrong^ess.on
ever attempt secession, they Will* find.
■whether the South is in earnest in its sup- ^ J ‘ e
port of the Union and the old flag. The
selection of General Hancock as tlie j
standard hearer of the Democratic party «f ^ ^ 1^
«_ • 1.--i.:fi. 0 fnfftrA n .DfiKC ftTl 6S9&V ID frODt Ol tWC flOtGl* OO
is only a harbmger of the future. | b)ack the J night that a iigtated lantern
** l ***' 1 was necessary to gude me in arranging my
PstcologicalltSUeAking.—Among rod and tackle at the door.- This done,
the doctor’s mail was a postal card, on' I sought the edge of the lawn, by jhe side
which the following was written, signed of which rushed a rough, rapid stream,
“AFriend:” which sped-from a mill immediately
“Db. TanxEr: Hold out faithfully to above,
the end. The eyes of the world are upon Scarcely had I taken my position near
you. Let people gorge their stomachs the top of the stream when the lightning
with beefsteaks and die.-'Hearty dinners blazed forth, illuminating the pine-clad t
sure death this weather.”—New Yorh hiiis and
Sun> sum | exceeding
Each tree of the forest might bo distin
guished while the lightning quivered in
the sky; and then followed a darkness so
intense that I could not see the rod, and
a>uld scarcely distinguish my hand. The
dark intervals between tho flashes might
be five minutes, and it was during tliise
mfll-streaw my flies straight across the
The instant the flies fell upon the wa
ter there was a tug, then a rush, and all
waa qpfet. I was amazed, but at length
concluded that a passing stick had struck
my hook. Another cast of the line, and
there was no room for doubt—a heavy
fish was pulling violently. It was long
before the strength of the current allowed
me to land my prize; Indeed, ft was only
by the lightning’s flash that I could judge
where or how to do this. I fished the
stream steadily downward for about 100
yards; the lightning showed me where to
throw my flies; all around was inky black
ness. I cast, and rarely failed either to
hook or take a fish.
1 he strength of the current enabled
many a fish to get away, but at the end of
half an hour my basket held eight fish,
and when these were tabled at the hotel
they proved to be three trout, three gray
lings and two fish resembling chub. The
least was three-quarters of a pound in
weight, and the largest a pound and a
halt—altogether a beautiful dish, and the
fish by far the largest in size I had cap
tured during my week’s angling. TVIutt
speculations these two experiments force
upon the angler’s mind as to the feeding of
fisu on dark nights, when they are com
monly supposed to be at rest 1 I am com
pelled to the conclusion that in these
night banquets is found the true answer
to the fisherman’s too common question,
“Why do the fish Hot take? The water is
in good order, the wind is* right, and ev
erything bespeaks a good day’s sport, but
they won’t take.” The response should
be, “Dined already and requiring time for
digestion.”—Correspondence Afield and
Afloat.
Ayrshire Cows.
The following statistics of this well-
established breed, deserve the attention of
all who are interested iu dairy matters,
and clearly indicate that these cows are
scarcely yet appreciated at their true
value:
The Ayrshire cow ba3 been known to
produce over tea imperial gallons of good
milk in a day. A cow-feeder in Glasgow,
selling fresh milk, is said to have realized
$250 in seven montlis from one good cow,
and it is stated on high authority that one
dollar a day, for six months of the year, is
no uncommon income from good cows
under similar circumstances; and that
seventy-five cents a day is below the aver
age. But thfe implies high and judicious
feeding. The average yield on ordinary
food would bo considerably less.
Youatt estimates the daily yield of an
Ayrshire cow, for the first two or three
montlis after calving, at five gallons a day
on an average, for tlie next three montlis
at three gallons; and for the next four
inpnths, at one gallon and a half. This
would be eight hundred and fifty gallons
as the annual yield of a cow; but allow
ing for some unproductive cows, he esti
mates tlie average of a dairy of six hun
dred gallons per ' annum for each cow.
Three and a half gallons of the Ayrshire
cow’s milk will yield one and a half
pounds of butter. He therefore reckons
two hundred and fifty-seven pounds of
butter, or fire hundred and fourteen
pounds of cheese, at the rate of
twenty-fonr pounds to twenty-eight gal
lons of milk, as the yield of every cow, at
a fair and perhaps rather low average, in
an Ayrshire dairy daring the year7 Al
ton sets the yield much higher, saying
that “thousands of the best Ayrshire dai
ry cows, when in prime condition and
well fed, produce one thousand gallons of
milk per annum, that in general, three
and three-quarters to four gallons of their
milk will yield a pound and a half of but
ter; and twenty-seven and a half gallons
of their milk will make twenty-one pounds
of full milk cheese.” ;
One of the four cows originally imported
into this country by 'John P. Cushing, of
Massachusetts, gave in one year 3,864
quarts, beer measure, or about 464gallons,
at ten pounds to the gallon, being an aver
age of tlie whole year. It is asserted, ou
good authority, that the first Ayrshire eow
imported by the Massachusetts society for
the promotion of agriculture, in 183T,
yielded sixteeti pounds of butter a week
for several weeks in succession, on grass
feed only.
These yields are not so laige as those
stated by Alton; but it should, perhaps,
be remembered that our climate is less
favorable to the production of milk than
that of England and Scotland, and that no
cow imported after arriving at maturity
could be expected to yield as much, under
the same circumstances, as one bred on
the spot where tlie trial is made, and per-
fec.ly acclimated.
An Eccentric Old Lady.—An old
maiden lady, notorious throughout Nether
Lusatia for her strauge manner 01 living,
died tlie other day at her schloss,or coun
try-house, situate on the right bank ot'the
Spree, between Cottbus and Spremburg.
Dining the whole period of her residence
upon her estate, which she had inherited
a', au early age, she had not permitted
anything to he planted upon her lands
or any repairs to be effected in her
huge mansion. Like Miss Havisliam in
‘Great Expectations,” she had in
sisted upon leaving things “as they were”
for some forty odd years, and tlie condi
tion of her estate aud dwelling when in
spected by her legal heirs is stated to have
been one of inconceivable decay aud ruin.
The trees iu the park lay rotting on the
ground, where they had been blown down
lay wind storms, the fields were covered
by rank weed growths, all the waters
were stagnant and putrid, and the bridges
over them were worm eaten wrecks, lit
the garrets of this Lusatian “Satis house”
were found large quantities of decayed
jrain, many basketfuls of rotten eggs, and
lieaps of decomposed meat.
A thorough search of the apartments in
which the eccentric old lady had lived her
quaint life of moldy seclusion was reward
ed by tho discovery of much gold and
silver com, and large sums in paper cur
rency crumpled up in corners, mildewed,
tattered and tom. The estate itself, an
extensive and valuable one, is untenanted,
and lias boen converted by systematic
neglect into a veritable wilderness, upon
which it will be necessary to expend a
considerable sum of -money ere it can be
rendered productive.—London Telegraph
Size of the Great Lakes.—The
greatest length of Lake Superior is 335
miles; its greatest breadth is 160 miles;
mean depth, 688 feet; elevation, 627 feet;
area, 81,000 square miles. The greatest
length of Lake Michigan is 300 miles ; its
greatest breadth 106 miles; mean depth,
690 feet; elevation, 500 feet; area, 23,000
square miles. The greatest length of
Lake Huron is 100 miles; its greatest
breadth is 166 miles; mean depth, 600
feet; elevation, 274 feet; area, 20,000
square miles. The greatest length of
Lake Erie is 230miles; lla greatest breadth
is 80 miles; mean depth, 84 feet; eleva
tion, 555 feet; area, 6,000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Ontario is
180 miles; its greatest breadth is 65 miles;
its mean depth is 500 feet; elevation, 231 j
feet; area, 6,000 square miles. The
ADELAIDE HEIIMIT.
A voice that mocks a laughing mountain
brook;
A smile as swift as summer swallows fly;
And eyes that drain the beauty of the sky
To fill our hearts with hut a single look;
But, lack of lovely words 1 For if Hook
A thousand pages whereupon to try
To paint her perfect, yet my pen were
dry;
For “Beauty,” only, could adorn the
book. >
Still may you find her spirit bid in flowers,
Her womanhood in yonder steadfast star,
Her winsome graces in the wandering
stream. ' ' —
And, oh, thou perfect poet of all hours,
Methinks I hear thee, saying from afar,
“This Bosalind is worthy of my dream.”
— C, H. C. in the Tribune.
The Ex-Khedive’s Harem.
A lady living at Naples, who, shortly
before the departure of Ismail Pacha’s
womankind for Constantinople, received
invitation to visit the Princess Tchec-
mi Afet, the Khedive’s favorite, sends
to the Journal de Geneve an account of
her reception, and a description of some
of the inmates of the ex-Khedive’s ha
rem. She says: * J *‘ ' '
“Arrived at the villa, my carnage parsed
through the principal entrance and stopped
before a large iron gate, which gave ac
cess to a staircase. Two footboys were iu
attendance at the two sides of the gate.
It was opened by a species of giant, who,
after having admitted me, closed and
locked the gate. He saluted me iu orien
tal fashiou, and without uttering a word
led the way up the staircase. Tho wo
men’s quarters are on the second floor.
Here I was delivered hy iqy conductor to
another great fat personage, who showed
me into a gallery "or corridor into which
open the chambers of the women.
On my entrance I was received by fifteen
female slaves ranged in two rows, who
bowed to the ground before me. Then
one relieved me of my cloak, another took
my muff, a third my veil; whereupou an
extremely ladylike person, a native of
Switzerland, who acts as the princess’ in
terpreter, came forward and invited me to
accompany her to the private apartments
of her highness, which are reached by a
jlass-covered corridor. The princess, who
liad at her side the Princess Faika, one
of the khedive’s daughters, received mo
standing. Tcheclimi Afet is a fine wom
an, of imposing presence, large and strong,
and with the port of a queen. The prin
cess does not speak French, although she
understands ail that -you say in that lan
guage. Her salon is furnished with tho
greatest simplicity. Two large sofas, up
holstered in gray stuff, two great cushions
covered with white linen, aud an immense
round table enveloped in a Turkish cloth,
were the only things oriental to he seen fa
the room. A few'indifferent lithographs
on the walls, gray window curtains half-
faded, a beautiful carpet, an upright piano,
a few chairs—this is the luxury and mag
nificence of which so mauy stories have
been told. . j
Tcheclimi Afet seems to be the chief
favorite. She alone receives visits; the
other princesses never being seen nor
their names mentioned. Her gown was a
grenadine velvet hy Worth, with an enor
mous.train, the bust only being trimmed
with lace. Diamond drops hung from
hef beautiful cars. Her hands are small
and shapely. Slie wore neither rings nor
bracelets, diamond ear-pendants being the
only jewelry she cares for. Princess Faika
wore a dress of green velvet, trimmed
with satin of the same color, and so short
that I could admire at my ease her fairy-
Jike feet. She is a delicate, pretty crea
ture, scarcely eighteen years old, with
beautiful anil abundant flaxen hair. She
is 'very lively, speaks French fluently,
smokes and converses without gene. Af
ter we had talked about a quarter of r ac
hour-seven female, slaves entered and
placed themselves In’ military order near
the door. ' ;u ‘ - ' "■ ' '
One of them carried a large tray cov
ered with a red velvet cloth, richly em
broidered, and with golden fringe that
swept the floor. The tray held little gob
lets for coffee' a la Turque. Another of
the slaves carried a silrer ewer, another a
silver chafing dish, the others silver plates.
The. princess was the first served, I the
nest, then the others. .After the coffee
some exquisite cigarettes were produced.
Although we had to talk through an in
terpreter, the conversation was lively
throughout, and never once flagged. The
princess takes an interest in everything! I
asked her if she did not weary of her se
cluded life; if she ' did not desire to see
tbecity and the countryjifher perpetual iso-
latiou did not make her melancholy. “Ob,
no,” she ainswcreif, “I am quite used to it.
“ could not act contrary to the customs
of my country. The mere thought of go
ing out unveiled is revolting to me, and
il l were to go about with my lace uncov
ered people would stare so.” The young
orinces. can .visit the princesses without
being announced. They alone are per
mitted to see tlie ladies of the harem un
veiled. Before I tookony leave Tcheclimi
Afet and Faika presented me with their
photographs, signed with their names in
French and Arabic. • When I reached
home I was overwhelmed with questions,
and everybody seemed greatly surprised
when I said that I had not seen anything
extraordinary, tTiat'I had simply had the
pleasure ot making the acquaintance of
two charming and distinguished ladies.—
St. James Gazette.
“Growing Young Again.”
A gentleman, tlie cashier of a western
bank, who had used Compound Oxygen
for a little over a month, says in a letter:
“I gained eight pounds while 1 was taking
it, and almost began to think that I was
gro.. ing young again. As Iliad no dis
tinct ailment, hut only a general stnse of
goodfemothingness accompanied by Ex
treme nervousness and an inability to sleep
long at a time, my case is not so striking
as many others which I have read of in
your pamphlet, hut there must be multi
tudes in my condition - who would nse
your preparal iou gladly if they knew of
Our treatise ou Compound Oxygen,
which is sent free, contains a large amount
of information in regard to this new
treatment . Address Drs. Starkey &
Palen, 1,109 and 1,111 Girard street, Phil
adelphia. july20 lw
An Inebriate Asylum for Women.
A liberal subscription has been started,
aud $50,000 raised already towards the
construction at Wiltou, Connecticut,
(where a good sized farm has already
bem set apart for the purpose) of an ine
briate asylum for women. Melancholy
as tlie fact seems it nevertheless is a
fact that there is a largely-increasing
class of women in this country who not
only intoxicate themselves habitually on
opium, hut a portion of whom indulge to
excess in spirituous liquors also. There
have beeu recently a number of distress
ing cases of exposure of ladies guilty of
these humiliating vices, and it Is probable
that a good many families of well-to-do
people have skeletons, of tins sort in their
closets. The proposed asylum is to meet
just such cases as this; to furnish a re
spectable, secluded retreat where a wo
man of good connections and otherwise
decent conduct may have a chance to
break off from the habit which most de
moralizes her sex.
. _ Correct yonr habit of crooked walking
making a sudden glare far length of all fiie is 1,265 miles, covering! by using Lyon’s Patent Metalic Heel
that of brightest sunshine, au area upward of 136,000 square mile?. * Stiffeners. JulyT-lift
